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Separate but Equal - Miniseries

A two-part miniseries. Dramatizes the events leading up to the 1954 Supreme Court decision on school desegregation, "Brown vs. Board of Education."

Top Cast

  • Sidney Poitier

    Sidney Poitier

    Thurgood Marshall

  • Burt Lancaster

    Burt Lancaster

    John W. Davis

  • Richard Kiley

    Richard Kiley

    Chief Justice Earl Warren

  • Cleavon Little

    Cleavon Little

    Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

  • Gloria Foster

    Gloria Foster

    Vivian 'Buster' Marshall

  • John McMartin

    John McMartin

    Governor James F. Byrnes

  • Graham Beckel

    Graham Beckel

    Josiah C. Tulley

  • Ed Hall

    Ed Hall

    Reverend J.A. Delaine

  • Lynne Thigpen

    Lynne Thigpen

    Ruth Alice Stovall

Overview

A two-part miniseries. Dramatizes the events leading up to the 1954 Supreme Court decision on school desegregation, "Brown vs. Board of Education."

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